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STATE v. EDWARDS

No. 59601.

351 So.2d 500 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana v. Melvin EDWARDS and Vernado Mixon.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied November 11, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Trudy H. Oppenheim, Marcel J. Meunier, Jr., New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., William L. Brockman, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

CALOGERO, Justice.

Melvin Edwards and Vernado Mixon were charged by bill of information on February 6, 1975 with aggravated burglary in violation of R.S. 14:60. After a trial by jury each was convicted of simple burglary in violation of R.S. 14:62.1 Defendant Edwards was sentenced to serve nine years in the custody of the Department of Corrections while defendant Mixon, being found a multiple offender, was sentenced to eighteen years in...

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